Lily Yam
| GBS, JP Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying | |
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| Native name | 任關佩英 |
| Born |
Lily Kwan July 6, 1946 British Hong Kong |
| Education | Sacred Heart Canossian College |
| Alma mater |
University of Hong Kong Harvard University |
| Occupation | Civil Servant |
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| Traditional Chinese | 任關佩英 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 任关佩英 | ||||||||||||
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Lily YAM Kwan Pui-ying (Chinese: 任關佩英, GBS, JP; born 6 July 1946) is a former top Hong Kong civil servant.
Biography
Lily Kwan was born in Hong Kong in 1947, the fourth of six children. She attended Sacred Heart Canossian College until 1964, and later graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1969 with a BA in English Language and Literature. After her marriage, she was known as Lily Yam. She joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer upon her graduation in the same year. She has served in various departments and bureaux in her civil service career, including the ICAC, the Education and Manpower Branch of the Government Secretariat, the Civil Service Branch of the Government Secretariat, the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority, the Central Policy Unit and the Secretariat for the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service.
Before taking up her appointment as the Commissioner for the Independent Commission Against Corruption in April 1997, she was Commissioner for Transport between 1995 and 1997. She headed the Environment and Food Bureau (which was later merged with the Health and Welfare Bureau to form the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau in 2002) between January 2000 and June 2002, when she retired.[1][2][3] She was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star (G.B.S.) in 2002[4] and appointed as Non-official Justices of the Peace in 2003.[5]
Education
Yam graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1969 obtaining a BA degree in English Language and Literature and a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1984.
References
- ↑ "HWFB (FEH) - Press Releases". www.fhb.gov.hk. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ↑ "食物及衞生局 (食物及環境衞生科) - 新聞稿". www.fhb.gov.hk (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ↑ "Lily Yam denies rift with Tung". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ↑ "Civil And Miscellaneous Lists : Recipients of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Honours and Awards Grand Bauhinia Medal (G.B.M.)". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ↑ "Civil And Miscellaneous Lists : Justices of the Peace". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Urban Council and Regional Council |
Secretary for Environment and Food 2000–2002 |
Succeeded by Yeoh Eng-kiong as Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food |
| Preceded by Gordon Siu as Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands |
Succeeded by Sarah Liao as Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works | |
| Civic offices | ||
| Preceded by Michael Leung |
Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption 1997–1999 |
Succeeded by Alan Lai |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Edmund Tse Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |
Hong Kong order of precedence Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |
Succeeded by Lee Shing-see Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |